Composting Resources

Outdoor Composting Kit
This kit includes several books, videos, activity guides and brochures about composting outdoors. A Teacher's Guide with activities is also included.

Select titles include:

• Backyard Composting
• Compost: Truth or Consequences
• Compost Critters
• Compost...Because a Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
• Composting Matters

Vermi-composting Kit
This kit includes many books, videos, activity guides and brochures about composting with worms. The teaching guide, Wormania, is also included. Students will enjoy the stories about worms and can even get interactive with viewfinders to watch worms in action if available.

Select titles include

• Diary of a Worm
• Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs DVD
• Growing Power's Worm Farming DVD
• There's a Hair in My Dirt
• Worms Eat My Garbage

These composting resources are available to loan for a two-week period. Contact SWANCC's office at (847) 724-9205 or write This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details. For additional information on how to compost, visit the Composting section of the website.